After changing clothes, it is natural to dress up.
Pan'er has a good foundation and rarely wears makeup. The only thing is that her eyebrows are light in color, so even if she doesn't wear makeup, she still has to paint her eyebrows.
Seeing her wave people away, and draw her eyebrows in front of the mirror, she looks quite cute. Zong Cong took a step forward, held her shoulders, and only took Mei Dai from her hand when she looked sideways at him.
"What are you doing?"
"I will draw for you."
"Can you draw well?"
Apparently this doubt hurt Zong Cong's masculine self-esteem a bit, he glanced at her lightly, and said: "How do your paintings compare with mine's?"
Is this comparable? Painting is painting, thrush is thrush.
But it was too late to say anything now, Zong Cong had already pulled her closer while he was speaking, and after taking a closer look, he had already picked up Mei Dai and drew on her eyebrows.
Pan'er was a little nervous, and she thought about it. Anyway, if his paintings don't look good later, she must have to wash them.
Before she could finish thinking, she had already stopped, and she hurriedly leaned towards the mirror to have a look.
After taking a look, he realized that his craftsmanship was actually pretty good.
"Who else have you painted for?" She asked casually while watching.
Zong Cong was stunned for a moment, then realized, he laughed and said: "Who else can I paint for, I don't have such a leisurely mood." He said it loudly and grandiosely.
Pan'er thought about it for a while, how could he understand the joy of the boudoir.
Looking at myself in the mirror again, the painting is indeed very good, no more, no less just right. The reason why Pan'er didn't let Cattail and the others to paint was because she felt that they were either too heavy handed or too light handed. Only Aunt Qing could get the shade she wanted, but he didn't think he could do it too.
Going to see him again is much more pleasing to the eye and intimate.
"Then the concubine will thank His Majesty for your contribution to thrush." She stood up, pretending to be blessed.
"naughty!"
Then he led her outside.
Afterwards, when Wanrong and Zongqian come over for lunch, I won't go into details for the time being.
On the other side, Pan'er didn't ask Bai Shu how to send the things out, and in the afternoon, Bai Shu came to report the things to be sent out.
The Chen family, Chen Pingwu received that piece of paper from Chen Cai, and fell into agitation after reading it.
Really Yuanyuan.
If what Bai Shu said was true, Yuanyuan was lucky enough not to die, instead she was exiled to Yangzhou and was taken in by a poor family in Yangzhou. Later, that family could not raise children, so they sent Yuanyuan to a family that raised skinny horses. After more than ten years, Pei Yongchang happened to listen to his mother-in-law's explanation, and searched for a stunning beauty in the south of the Yangtze River. Yuan Yuan.
Chen Pingwu is still unwilling to think about that matter, because it is full of things that he does not want to look back on.
He and Liu'er were childhood sweethearts, and Liu'er was a niece of his mother, the old lady's family. Because she lost her father when she was young, she was sent to be raised by the old lady.
He and Liu'er have always been interested in concubines, but unfortunately Liu'er has no natal family, so the family naturally didn't want him to marry Liu'er, so they appointed him the Liu family from the uncle's residence. At the beginning, his plan was to take Liu'er as a concubine after he married his wife. Although the family didn't say it explicitly, it was obviously the tacit agreement, and the matter was done like this.
One year after the second wife came in, Chen Pingwu accepted Wang Liuer as a noble concubine.
In Chen Pingwu's mind, this can be regarded as the best of both worlds, but in fact the reality is far more cruel than his imagination.
At first, the second lady didn't know that there was Wang Liuer, and the old lady took care of her tightly. Since she found out that her second son wanted to marry Wang Liuer, she was sent to live in Zhuangzi. I thought about waiting for Chen Pingwu to marry a wife, maybe I will forget it after a while, but Chen Pingwu has been thinking about it all the time, and the old lady in the middle wants to marry Wang Liuer, but he is also blocked by him.
After all, it was her own, and the old lady couldn't be cruel, so she acquiesced, and only asked her son to promise that she would not meet Wang Liu'er within one year after Mrs. Liu entered the house. be a concubine.
A year later, when Wang Liuer came in, the second wife didn't take it seriously at all. Although the concubine's status was higher, it was said that she was the niece of the old lady's natal family. In private, he hated the old lady thoroughly, which is one of the reasons why the second lady has always been not close to the old lady.
As the days passed, the second wife gradually realized that something was wrong. This is not a concubine, and she seems to be more popular than her real wife.
Chen Pingwu only had to stay in Aunt Wang's room every day. During this period, there were naturally some fights between wives and concubines, but with the help of a man, the second wife was destined to be no match.
Since it can't be done on the surface, then come in secretly, relying on some methods learned from my mother-in-law, until the second wife gave birth to two sons and a daughter, Aunt Wang still had nothing to do. Chen Pingwu only thought that she was in poor health, but he didn't take it to heart.
Just when Chen Pingwu gave up hope, Aunt Wang became pregnant, and the child she gave birth to was Yuanyuan, the only flesh and blood of the two of them.
Long-awaited and long-awaited finally came. Most men nowadays think so. He loves a woman and wants to give her a child. Therefore, Chen Pingwu has spent a lot of effort and finally paid off. It is conceivable for this daughter. favorite.
At that time, the Second Madam was in a very bad situation. She already had a favored concubine who overwhelmed her as a regular wife. The key point was that she had nothing to do with her. No matter how sensible the old madam was, she still favored Aunt Wang to some extent.
After all, she has been raised by her side for many years, and she is usually obedient and sensible. If her son hadn't been absurd, she wouldn't have been a concubine. In addition, the second lady was born in the uncle's house since she was a child, and she has a somewhat arrogant and domineering personality. Because the old lady decided to bring Aunt Wang in, she felt that she was cheated and wronged, and she was disrespectful to the old lady on weekdays.
The in-laws are not welcome there, and the husband has someone he loves. One can imagine the situation of the second wife in this huge Chen Mansion, especially when there are brothers and sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law.
It was at this time that the second lady sent the seventh girl to the old lady of Rong'an Hall.
During this period, another two years have passed, and the ten girls who have breasts are growing up day by day, and they are getting cuter every day. Ben was good-looking, and he was obedient and sensible since he was a child. Even the old lady liked him very much.
One day, the second wife took the children of the second bedroom to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, and the third wife and several children of the third bedroom went with them. Miss Shi, who was still young, shouldn't have gone. It happened that she was playing at the old lady's place at that time, and she saw that everyone was going. Why didn't she take her there
Unexpectedly, it was precisely this trip that went wrong.
At that time, there was a disaster in Hebei, and a large number of refugees flocked to the important places in the capital. Just because they were wary of refugees, they brought some more guards when they left the mansion, but on the way back, they encountered bandits pretending to be refugees.
Under the attack of a large number of refugees and it is unclear whether it was refugees or bandits, although the guards stabilized the situation in the end, they found that two carriages were missing, and Miss Ten was in one of the carriages, accompanied by a nanny, Two mothers-in-law and several servant girls.
After the incident, Aunt Wang fell ill on the spot.
Although the origin is to burn incense, but the burning of incense was mentioned by the third lady, and it was purely a coincidence that ten girls were brought along at that time. Even if it is really pursued, from the old lady, the third lady to the second lady, even the young seventh lady is responsible, because at that time the second lady said that she asked the nanny to take away the crying girl ten, but it was the seventh lady who said something. bring it.
There is no way to pursue responsibility, and the government has not found out the existence of the bandits. It may not be bandits at all, but refugees who have the courage to rob the road in order to survive.
Miss Shi is still young, and it's normal for a child of this size to be unable to support her. The Chen family declared that she died in infancy. But this matter can be over for anyone, except for Aunt Wang who is a mother.
She was ill first, and then went 'crazy'. As soon as she saw Chen Pingwu, she told him that the second wife had harmed Yuanyuan, and that she had deliberately harmed Yuanyuan.
Although Chen Pingwu had some suspicions, but the matter was already like this, and there was no evidence, if the matter continued, it would only involve the third wife and the old lady, and the Chen family would lose face, so they could only try their best to appease her.
He thought that the considerate Aunt Wang just couldn't accept it for a while, and she would definitely accept it slowly, but she underestimated Aunt Wang's stubbornness.
After going on like this for a few months, Chen Pingwu was tired from the trouble, and the second wife thought that Aunt Wang was sick and unsuitable to serve the master, so she gave Chen Pingwu a aunt from... outside, and chose two maids around her to do it. Through the room.
With the adjustment of nephrite jade and warm fragrance, Chen Pingwu went to see Aunt Wang less and less often, and after more than half a year, Aunt Wang died of depression.
Of course, Chen Pingwu didn't know about all these private entanglements, but since Aunt Wang's death, he began to feel guilty.
He thought that if he was more patient, maybe Liu'er wouldn't leave. She lost her daughter who was born so hard, and she should not be able to accept it. He should spend more time with her instead of being annoyed. I don't want to face her again.
Based on various moods, this incident became Chen Pingwu's heart knot over time. Everyone thought that this incident had passed over time, but in fact it has not passed.
Chen Pingwu sat in the study for a whole night.
Chen Cai didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only accompany him.
Only when dawn broke, did Chen Pingwu move.
"Master." After a pause, Chen Cai said again: "You should go and rest, even if you are happy to find ten girls back, you should take care of your own body."
Happy
If he was happy, why did he hesitate and procrastinate? It's just deceiving myself and others, and I don't want to make a decision all the time.
"It's better not to tell Dad about it for the time being, and you don't want to mention it to anyone."
Chen Cai was taken aback. He wanted to confirm his identity with great fanfare before, in order to report it to the old man. Why did the matter get to this point, but he stopped talking about it.
But this is the master's business after all, as a servant, it is not easy for him to intervene, so he can only answer in a low voice.